Well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge

For a supersonic Euler flow past a straight wedge whose vertex angle is less than the extreme angle, there exists a shock-front emanating from the wedge vertex, and the shock-front is usually strong especially when the vertex angle of the wedge is large. In this paper, we establish the $L^1$ well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge whose boundary slope function has small total variation, when the total variation of the incoming flow is sufficiently small. In this case, the Lipschitz wedge perturbs the flow and the waves reflect after interacting with the strong shock-front or the wedge boundary. We first obtain the existence of solutions in $BV$ when the incoming flow has small total variation by the wave front tracking method and then study the $L^1$ stability of the solutions. In particular, we incorporate the nonlinear waves generated from the wedge boundary to develop a Lyapunov functional between two solutions, which is equivalent to the $L^1$ norm, and prove that the functional decreases in the flow direction. Then the $L^1$ stability is established, so is the uniqueness of the solutions by the wave front tracking method. Finally, we show the uniqueness of solutions in a broader class, i.e. the class of viscosity solutions.Comment: 29 pages, 1 figur

L1L^1-Stability of Vortex Sheets and Entropy Waves in Steady Compressible Supersonic Euler Flows over Lipschitz Walls

We study the well-posedness of compressible vortex sheets and entropy waves in two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows over Lipschitz walls with $BV$ incoming flows. Both the Lipschitz wall of $BV$ tangential angle function and the $BV$ incoming flow perturb a background strong vortex sheet/entropy wave. In particular, when the total variation of the incoming flow perturbation around the background strong vortex sheet/entropy wave is small, we prove that the two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows containing a strong vortex sheet/entropy wave past the Lipschitz wall are $L^{1}$--stable. The weak waves are reflected after the nonlinear waves interact with the strong vortex sheet/entropy wave and the wall boundary. Using the wave-front tracking method, the existence of solutions in $BV$ over the Lipschitz walls is first shown, when the total variation of the incoming flow perturbation around the background strong vortex sheet/entropy wave is suitably small. Then we establish the $L^{1}$--stability of the solutions with respect to the incoming flows. To achieve this, a Lyapunov functional, equivalent to the $L^{1}$--distance between two solutions containing the strong vortex sheets/entropy waves, is carefully constructed to include the nonlinear waves generated by both the wall boundary and the incoming flow. This Lyapunov functional is then proved to decrease in the flow direction, leading to the $L^{1}$--stability of the solutions. Furthermore, the uniqueness of these solutions extends to a larger class of viscosity solutions.Comment: 27 pages, 1 figur